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Livre des merveilles du monde
France, probably Angers
ca. 1460
281 x 220 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911
MS M.461, fols. 39v–40r
Description:
Hibernia
Like other places considered to be at the edge of the world, Ireland is presented as monstrous and wondrous, with warriors who drink the blood of their enemies, but also with St. Patrick leading a sacred procession toward an entrance to purgatory.